The Dutch minister who had said that U.S. cloud providers might be kept from doing business in the Netherlands because of aspects of the Patriot Act now says the matter is a "conflict of legislation" that the nations have to deal with. Meanwhile, U.S. cloud providers can do business in the Netherlands.
Ivo Opstelten, the Dutch minister of safety and justice, earlier this month said that U.S. cloud providers could be excluded from Dutch government bids due to requirements of the Patriot Act. But he told the lower house last week: "This is a conflict of legislation that should initially be ...